AMD Ryzen Threadripper Prices and Availability Revealed

AMD has finally revealed the prices of its Ryzen Threadripper CPUs which is almost $1000 cheaper than Intel Core i9. AMD Ryzen has used the same strategy as it did with Ryzen lineup; revealing the prices of Threadripper technology with a comparison to its rival chipset, Intel’s Core i9.

AMD has revealed the prices of Threadripper 1950X and Threadripper 1920X. The top tier Threadripper CPU has 16-cores, 32-threads, clocked at 3.4GHZ, while Threadripper 1920X has 12-cores, 23-threads, clocked at 3.5GHZ. Threadripper 1950X is priced at $999, while Threadripper 1920X costs $799.

AMD also gave away the rough availability of its Threadripper CPUs, with motherboard and CPUs shipping in early August. Previously, AMD also confirmed the pre-order of Alienware’s Area-51 system to begin as early as July 27, 2017.

Comparatively, you will pay $700 more if you buy Intel Core i9-7960X than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. This is a clear base line that AMD Ryzen stretched in competition with Intel in terms of hardware diversity and effective cheapness of CPUs.

However, the biggest question still remains unanswered; how far better AMD Ryzen Threadripper will perfrom against Intel Core i9? We will come to know about it once both rivals reveal officially their performance charts.

What do you think about this reveal? Would you buy AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPU and ditch the mainstream and dominant player Intel? Let us know your arguments in comment section below.